Bottle casing and closure.



INVENTOH ATTORNEYS D. A. WILLIAMS.

BOTTLE CASING AND GLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1908.

Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

WITNESSES y no. e1e,e 1e.

. UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE. 5

. DAVID ARTHUR WILLIAMS, 0F REPRESA, CALIFORNIA, ABSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TO CHARLES I MURRAY, OF. REPRESA, CALIFORNIA.

30m CASING AND-CLOSURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ina-ch 80, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID ARTHUR WIL- LIAHB, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Represa, in the county of Sacramento and State of California have invented a new and Improved Bottle Casing and Closure, of which the following is a full, clear,

cannot be removed without disfiguring it or breaking the bottle.

and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in bottles for catchup and the like, and consists in a construction whereby the bottle is. protected and concealed by an ornamental casing, and whereby the casing The casing carries a closure for the bottle to take the place of the I ornamental form, and may, if

cork which is removed at the time the bottle is inserted within its casin Reference is to be had to t e accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, and in whi h- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through a ortion of the bottle neck and closure; and ig. 3.is a vertical section through the parts shown in Fig. 2, a portion of the bottleneck being broken away to permit of its removal from the casing.

My invention is ada table for use on any suitable form of bott e, the onl essential feature of the bottle being a s oulder or flange 10, adjacent the mouth of the bottle and at the end of the neck 11 thereof. The body of the bottle is concealed within a casin 12, referably corrugated or fluted longitu ina thereof andhaving an open bottom. he casing may have an suitable esired, be

rovided with a flattened s ace 13 'for a abel. The casing is prefera ly formed of aluminum, but may be formed of any suitable sheet metal, and the neck of the casing is so formed as to en age beneath the shou der 10. As shown, t e neck 14 of the casing is formed of a tube brazed or soldered to the body of the cas'in said tube being preferably of spring stee and having a plur' ty of slots 15 extending downwardly from the .open end thereof. The portion of the tube intermediate the slots, is curved inwardly place beneath the shoulder.

a closure pivoted to the upper end of said the neck'of the casing, carries a metal plate 16, riveted thereto and extending upwardly therefrom, the upper end of said plate serving as a fulcrum or pivot for the closure.

The closure includes a cork or other stopper 17, adapted to enter within the mouth of the bottle, and rigidly connected thereto is a suitable handle 18 pivoted to the u per end of the plate 16 and adapted when epressed to raise the stopper out of the bottle mouth. A suitable spring 19 normally holds the stopperm ositlon.

In t e use of m improved device, the cork is first pulled om the bottle and the bottle is inserted into the lower end of the casing and forced upward until the shoulder 10 passes beyond the end of the tube 14 and the portions between the slots 15 s rin into T e ottle cannot then be withdrawn, except by bending outwardly the up er end of the tube, which would necessarHydisfigure the tube and enable a (person to detect the fact that the bottle ha been tampered with. When the bottle is empty), the upper end of the bottle neck may e roken o and the bottle then removed.

vB the use of my improved casing, the bottle may be made of chea material, as the imperfectlons will be concea ed by the casing. The casing, (particularly if corrugated or fluted longltu inall protects the bottle during shipment and the upper'end of the casing terminating below the mouth of the body, leaves asmall surface or lip over which the fluid may be poured from the bottle.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A bottle casing having a neck ortion adapted to encircle the neck of a bott e, said casing neck having a plurality ofslots extending downwardly from its open end and having the portions intermediate said slots adapted to resiliently engage with a bottle to retain the casing in engagement with the bottle, a closure support secured to said casing neck and extending upwardly therefrom, an

support.

2. In combination, a bottle having a shoulder adjacent the neck thereof, a casing'cor rugated or fluted longitudinally thereof and having a neck portion encircling the neck of said bottle, said casing neck having a pluraiity of slots extending inwardly from its name to this specification in the presence of open eng. aild having ltihe portions mteimedifi vtwo subscribing witnesses. ate sai s ots in res' ient en a. emen wit said bottle beneath said sho ul ier, a. plate DAVID ARTHUR WILLIAMS 5 secured to said casing neck, and a closure \Vitnesses: v

pivoted to the upper end of said plate. EDWARD Lmrrz,

In testimony whereof I have signed my JOHN FREDERICK Tnnmnoox. 

